Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8556U

Workspace Group PLC

30 June 2009

 



TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:						Workspace Group PLC
2. Reason for notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights									Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached									No
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights									No
Other (please specify):______________									No
3. Full name of person(s) subject to notification obligation:				F&C Asset Management plc
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3):				See box 9 below
5. Date of transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):				29/06/2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:				30/06/2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:				11%
8: Notified Details
A: Voting rights attached to shares
Class/type of shares If possible use ISIN code	Situation previous to the triggering transaction		Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
	Number of shares	Number of voting rights	Number of shares		Number of voting rights			Percentage of voting rights
					Direct		Indirect	Direct		Indirect
GB0005296354 ord 10p	113,104,893	113,104,893	115,379,035		-		115,379,035	-		11.03%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights
-

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
115,379,035	11.03%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and /or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Client  No. of voting rights % of total voting rights Registration name FPP Stewardship Fund 60,069,324 5.74% HSBC GS Nominees Limited Stewardship Growth Fund 33,048,168 3.16% Chase Nominees Limited Other client holding(s) are below 3% each

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of proxy holder:	F&C Asset Management plc
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14 Contact name:	Amanda Whalley, Company Secretary
15. Contact telephone name:	020 7369 2377

 

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